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In the interests of information I will follow Mark's clone update with observations and update on my 502.5Ciliberto91 squash clone. Update: only grew it as a main to be a pollinator and maybe self a small fruit for seed...now a main vine about 35 feet long bordering and dividing plots in my patch. By far my biggest leafed plant at 28+inches across. Seem to be thick as cardboard too.Main vine is easily twice as thick as anything Ive ever grown. I have two small 4 foot side vines on the main and had a total of 5 fruit on it until it decided to abort all but one. 45inches circumference in 15 days is all that remains. OBSERVATIONS: slower to get started because of adjustment to outside.All leaves grown inside are burned off from natural sunshine even though using 25% shade over this plant initially.(so much for growlights)This plant would not do side vines inside all winter or outside for the first month. It would not produce tendrils inside all winter but now the tendrils are like tree-trunks and up to 2 feet long.(real pain) This plant wants to grow upwards and the space between the leafs (internode length) is shorter than when grown inside.Its too short as the 28 inch leaves overlap causing yellowing of the shaded parts.The side vines did develope normal internodal lengths. My only regret is thinking that this wouldn't work and only attempting to survive the summer as a pollinator. I should have given it a full plot and will attempt to do it again this winter. Clones,as you call them, do show great promiss and shouldn't be taken as a lark. You showed them Mark ! Now lets get some respectable fruits !.............Glenn

7/19/2001 4:56:23 PM